Athletes Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams were pulled over and searched by Met officers.
Mr Dos Santos, an international sprinter, was with his partner and their child when police stopped his vehicleA black professional athlete has said he was afraid for his family when police pulled him over during a stop and search in west London.
Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner, British sprinter Bianca Williams, were restrained and handcuffed by Met officers while their three-month-old was in the back of their Mercedes in Maida Vale in July 2020.The incident, a video of which was circulated on social media, led to the Met referring itself to police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct .
He said he was not trying to "evade" the police or driving dangerously, and that he was "just trying to get home" because he feared for the safety of his family,"These are very traumatic experiences and my experience is very different to those of others. "You have no idea how it feels to be accused of things you haven't done as a young black person in London."Footage of the stop was shared widely on Twitter, after being posted by former Olympic 100m champion Linford ChristieDashcam footage from the Met Police vehicle which followed Mr Dos Santos' blacked-out car was shown at the disciplinary hearing.
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